Garment-hanger.



M. RAUGHTIGAN;

GARMENT HANGER.

APPLIOATION FILED APB..13,1911.

Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL RAUG-HTIGAN, OF NORWICH, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TOWILLIAM H. OAT, OF NORWICH, CONNECTICUT.

GARMENT-HANGER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MIOI-IAEL RAUGHTI- GAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Norwich, in the county of New London and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGarment-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of garment hangers, commonlyprovided within the collars of coats, whereby the garment may be readilysuspended from a hook, nail or peg, and my present purpose is to providea cheap and convenient form of wire hanger that may be quickly attachedto a garment without stitching and which may be as readily removedwhenever it is desired to press the said garment.

The drawings hereto annexed illustrate my said invention, Figure 1 beinga dotted outline of the neck portion of a coat having attached thereto awire hanger embodying my present improvements. Fig. 2 is a detached,enlarged, view of said hanger and Fig. 3 is a relatively enlargedsectional view taken on line 22 of said Fig. 2.

My improved garment-hanger is desirably constructed of a single piece ofmetal, preferably wire, of requisite strength, etc., for the purposeintended. Said wire is bent, intermediate its ends, on the arc of acircle, as shown at a, to form the top of the hanger. Thence, the wireis extended downward, on both sides, for a suitable distance, as shownat 6, Z), being desirably bent inward at diametrically opposite points,as shown at 5 72 thence is extended downward in an outwardinclined line,to form the portions b b thence is bent inward, on both sides, as shownat (Z, (Z, thence is extended upward along an inclined line (5 da,preferably substantially parallel with the portions 6 6 so as to formpockets d (Z (into which the fabric of the garment will be drawn by reason of the weight of the suspended garment, thus preventing separationof the pointed terminals, about to be described, and their accidentalwithdrawal from the garment),

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 13, 1911.

Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

Serial No. 620,885.

said upward-extending portions (Z (I ending in the wire-terminals c, c,which are disposed horizontally and which are projected toward andoverlap each other, and which are preferably sharpened or pointed attheir ends, as shown. One of the wire-terminals is advantageouslygrooved, as shown at 0 a portion of the other terminal extending intoand lying within said groove, whereby the terminals are brought intosuchclose relation with each other that they have little or no tendency tocatch in adjacent folds of the cloth of the garment, and wherebyseparation of the terminals is largely prevented.

It will be noted that the overlapping terminals are straight and thusmay serve as the pintle of a hinge when the hanger is attached to agarment, so that the hanger may be raised as shown in full lines(Fig. 1) when it is desired to hang up the garment, or said hanger maybe folded downward, as indicated in dotted lines, when the garmentis tobe worn.

My described device may be very cheaply made, by means of automaticmachinery, and may be readily attached to, or detached from a garment.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and wish to secure byLetters Patent A garment-hanger constructed of a single piece of wire;said wire being bent, intermediate of the ends thereof, on the arc of acircle, to form the top of the hanger; thence, extended downward, onboth sides, for a suitable distance; thence, bent inward, on both sides;thence, bent upward parallel with the lower portion of said downwardexten sion, to form two pockets, and ending in horizontally-disposedterminals, said terminals being projected toward and overlapping eachother, one of said terminals being grooved, and a portion of the otherterminal extending into and lying within said groove.

MICHAEL RAUGHTIGAN.

Witnesses:

FRANK H. ALLEN, MADELINE D. RITCHIE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

